Xiaoyan Cui and colleagues have quantitatively evaluated the aggregation of molecules and proposed a general strategy for fine-tuning the fluorogenicity of Group 14 (C, Si, Ge) rhodamines

Novel C-N axial chirality strategy creates efficient CPL enantiomers (S/R)-AI-2TCFC with AIE/TADF. Demonstrated in working CPEL devices, advancing chiral optoelectronic materials

Methoxy-porphyrin nanophotosensitizers show promise in photodynamic therapy, selectively attacking breast and cervical cancer cells with precision

Iron-enhanced BODIPY photosensitizer boosts heat generation, offering a powerful new approach for deep-tissue photothermal cancer therapy

Max von Delius, Kerstin Leopold, and colleagues developed sulfur-rich network polymers that show excellent metal sorption and battery cathode performance

A series of molecular photoswitches have been successfully designed and synthesized that can be actuated by visible light or acid stimuli

AI-assisted method transforms spent catalysts into high-loading single-atom catalysts

Bridging the gap between traditional and nontraditional luminogens with strong non-aromatic through-bond conjugation and through-space conjugation 

Shigui Chen (Wuhan University, China), Yang Cheng and Wei Liu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China), and colleagues have synthesized two halogen-bonded organic frameworks (XOFs)...

Very secure and highly efficient: encryption and decryption with luminescent perovskites